Letter to NH House Education Committee against HB20

My name is Robert Hirschfeld. I am Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire.

In my role as Bishop, I serve as President, ex officio, of the Boards of both the White Mountain

School and the Holderness School. Each of these are pr ivate schools with a long relationship

with the Episcopal Church. Each school was founded by one of my predecessors to provide

quality education to children of “more modest means” than those who were attending other

independent schools in the Granite State such as Phillips Exeter Academy and St. Paul’s School.

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Veterans' Day Statement - November 11, 2020

Recently, Polly and I joined the many in our country who have immediate family members in the military. Our oldest son is now a Captain in the U.S. Army, serving as a doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.. … HERE

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Bishop Rob's Covid-19 Statement: November 11 2020

Dear friends,

Grace and Peace be with you in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

I want to speak about the re-emergence of the COVID 19 virus in our state. There are new facts and trends of the coronavirus that now confront us. And there is troubling news in the short-term, even if we have been given real hope of an effective vaccine on its way in the coming months.

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A New Book by Bishop Rob: "With Sighs Too Deep For Words: Grace and Depression.

Bishop Rob has just published a new meditation and prayer companion for those who struggle with depression, With Sighs Too Deep For Words.

The stigma around mental illness in our culture has had a damaging effect on those who suffer from its grip. As a priest and bishop, Bishop Rob has quietly been in treatment for depression for decades. In his book, he now shares his own experience publicly. The Bishop offers short meditations, prayers, and suggestions about how one can follow and call upon Jesus for strength and peace during times of emotional upheaval. For more,

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Following the Good Shepherd Version 3.0

As the state of New Hampshire announces its “Safer at Home Advisory” and continues on the path of re-opening for business, employment, and services, Bishop Rob shares this “3.0” document to provide continued guidance regarding how we may go about regathering in our churches.

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Province 1 Bishops' Response to President Trump's Actions at St. John's Church in Washington, DC

New England Episcopal bishops respond with one voice to President’s “cynical” photo-op by calling out “the abomination of continued oppression of and violence against people of color in this nation”

What President Trump did in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square on the evening of June 1 was disgraceful and morally repugnant.  Displaying a Bible from which he did not quote, using as a mere backdrop an Episcopal church where he did not pray, and – more callously – ordering law enforcement to clear, with force and tear gas, a path through demonstrators who had gathered in peace, President Trump distorted for his own purposes the cherished symbols of our faith to condone and stoke yet more violence.

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